Means - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- considerable capital (wealth or income) (syn: substance)
Extra examples
For most people, the car is still their main means of transport.
The only means of communication was sign language.
The window was our only means of escape.
Do you have any means of identification?
Homework should not be used as a means of controlling children.
I had no means of telling him I would be late.
Brian was prepared to use any means to get what he wanted.
They had entered the country by unlawful means.
I don't have the means to support a family.
Paying for your children to go to a private school is beyond the means of most people (=too expensive for most people).
Try to live within your means (=only spending what you can afford).
His father was a man of means (=a rich man).
The end does not justify the means.
The word meant one thing in Shakespeare's day, but it means something else now.
Can you tell me what my dream means?
Word forms
singular: means
plural: means
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